CAPA Charter

CAPA Charter – Citizens Against Political Assassinations (CAPA)

The Citizens Against Political Assassinations (CAPA) is a not-for profit association of responsible and educated citizens who study and oppose assassination as a political tactic and is committed to exposing the truth about and seeking justice for those victims of political assassination.

CAPA will be aggressively lead by an Executive Committee of seven members including a chairman (Dr. Cyril Wecht) and a representative of each of the four regions – DC, Dallas, West Coast and International, and begin with two committees  - Legal Action Committee of lawyers and an Association of Independent Researchers (IRA), with the two committees being closed – admission is by invitation only.

There will also be a Board of Advisors that will be included in all decisions and include all former COPA – Coalition On Political Assassination board members - Peter Dale Scott, Bill Turner, Jim Lesar, et al.

The legal committee will be closed, by invitation and include only lawyers active on FOIA or civil or criminal cases involving political assassination –  Bill Simpich, Patrick McCarthy, Dennis Bartholowmew, Cyril Wecht, Mark Lane, Robert Tannenbaum, James Lesar, Ed Lopez, Dan Hardway and Charles Sanders will be invited to be on the LAC, but the committee members themselves will decide who is on the committee.

I – Citizens Against Political Assassinations – General Membership open to all.

Four Regional Divisions

-          1) DC – Andrew Kreig - Alan Dale -  Paul Kuntsler - T. Carter -Mike Nurko - Randy Benson – Dave Ratcliff - Bill Kelly - Jeff  Morley 

-          2) Dallas – Robert Groden – Tom Blackwell – Frank Caplett – Rachel Rendish – Ben Rogers – Robert Howard – Dawn Merideth -

-          3) West Coast –  Gary Aguliar - Bill Simpich – PDS – – Jim DiEugenio – Greg Bernham – Paul Hoch 

-          4) International –  Greg Parker – John Simkin – Peter Limkin – Tony Summers – Frankie Vegas – Malcolm Blunt – Flip DeMay – John Gergherity - Len Osnic -

-          Later add – NYC – Chicago – Philadelphia – New Orleans – Miami  - Other

II – Governing Board – Executive Committee – 7 Members

-          Chair - Dr. Cyril Wecht

-          East Coast – Michael Nurko

-          Mid-West – Robert Groden

-          West Coast – Gary Aguilar

       International - Frankie Fortune - Maggie Hanson - Greg Parker - John Simkin 

-          Legal Action Committee – LAC – Bill Simpich

-          Researchers Committee – IRA – Bill Kelly

-          Representative from each of the 4 other Committees

III – Advisory Board

-          Peter Dale Scott

-          Bill Turner

-          David Talbot

-          David Lifton

-          Joan Mellen

-          Doug Horne

-          David Kaiser

-          Paul Hoch

-          Larry Haapenen

-          Mark Lane

-          Robert Tannenbaum

IV - Consortium of Archives

-          AARC – Jim Lesar

-          Mary Ferrell – Rex Bradford

-          Baylor – Ben Rogers

-          Hidden History Museum – Esq.

-          Mae Brussel Archives -

-          NARA – Presidential Libraries – College Park; JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford Presidential Libraries

-          National Security Archives – Kornblugh  

-          Other –

V  – Coalition of Organizations

-          AARC – James Lesar

-          CTKA – Jim DiEugenio

-          COA – Committee for an Open Archives – Bill Kelly

-          Wecht Center – Dr. Cyril Wecht/Ben Wecht

-          NSA – Kornbluh

-          Joel Mott House – Conrad Martin

-          Open the Government – Rick Blum

-          Federation of American Scientists – Steve Aftergood

-          JFK Lancer – Debra Conway/Alan Dale/Larry Hancock

-          Other x, y, z.

VI – Legal Action Committee (LAC)

-          Cyril Wecht

-          Bill Simpich

-          Jim Lesar

-          Patrick McCarthy

-          Ed Lopez

-          Dan Hardway

-          Dennis Bartholomew

-          Charles Sanders

-          Others – Mark Zaid – Dan Sheehan – Richard Sprague, Jr

-          Robert Tanenbaum

-          Mark Lane

-          G. Robert Blakey

-          Walt Brown

-          Dawn Merideth?

-          Dan Seehan ?

-          Mark Zaid?

-          Richard Sprague, Jr. ?

-          HHM - ?'

VI - Public Relations – Publications – Social Media – Speakers Bureau –

-          Jerry Policoff

-          Alan Dale

-          Randy Benson

-          Dave Ratcliff

-          Len Osnic

-          David Talbot

-          John  G

-          Jeff Morley

VII – Fiscal Committee –Membership – Drives – Grants – Scholarships - Fundraising –

Proposed Possible Participation in CAPA

1)      Become a member. Join. Enlist in the fight for the truth and to free the files.

2)      Donate Time – Be a volunteer, work at home over the internet or phone or at NARA Archives II or AARC in Washington D.C.

3)      Donate Money – Be a Sponsor of specific research ($100+); Patron of the Org. ($500+); Give Scholarship to student/($1,000+); Benefactor ($5,000+); Founder ($10,000+)

4)      Serve – Serve on a Board or Committee – Make Things Happen – Get Things Done

5)       

Memberships

-          Charter Member – Original Founding Committee member.

-          Join – Become a Card Carrying Member of CAPA  - $25 – (Free to Original Members)

-          Patron of the organization – Donate Money ($100+) to CAPA (non-tax deductable) or

-          Sponsor Scholarship ($500+) for researchers or Specific Area of Research (with an affiliated educational non-profit that is tax-deductable).

-          Intern – If you are a registered Student at any level you can work part-time as a CAPA Intern in the area of your study.

-          Benefactor ($5,000)

-          Founder of the organization ($10,000+)

In Memorial 

Penn Jones

John Judge

Ed Frog

Gaeton Fonzi

Mary Ferrell

Mae Brussell

Jack White

Jay Harrison